Graphium angolanus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Graphium angolanus, the Angola white lady, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae (swallowtails). It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa. The wingspan is 65–70 mm in males and 70–75 mm in females.Hindwing tailless, angled at the extremities of the veins. Frons with a white or red dot or streak at
each side. Palpi white. Wings above white and black, beneath at the base red or red-brown. The underside of the wings has the same white ground-pattern in all the species [of this group]. On the forewing this consists of 8 submarginal spots placed close to the margin; 9 discal spots (in 1 a—8), of which those of cellules 5, 6 and 8 are almost always small and double, and four transverse spots or bands in the cell. The hindwing has beneath a broad white transverse band, which at the costal margin extends at least to vein 2, covers almost the whole of the cell and is separated from the white inner marginal area lb by a dark longitudinal streak in cellule 1 c.
In the broad, dark submarginal band the hindwing has 6 submarginal spots, of which those of cellules 1—4 are sometimes divided, and 3—4 subdiscal spots in cellules 2— 5; these may also be double and arranged... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odzala-Kokoua National Park | 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo | |
| 2 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ouagadougou | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Angola White Lady sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 55th most-seen of the 316 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an Angola White Lady in iSimangaliso Wetland Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to August, the lowest months.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Angola White Lady sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
2nd of 2
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Angola White Lady sightings, iSimangaliso Wetland Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Odzala-Kokoua National Park (Republic of the Congo, about 20%).
Same genus: Graphium
The closest relatives of the Angola White Lady that you can see in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (genus Graphium, Swordtails, Jays, Bluebottles and allies) are Large Striped Swordtail (about 10%), Black Swordtail (about 10%) and Veined Swordtail (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Angola White Lady is recorded against all the insects logged in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (40 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
